How to Use tool in a Sentence

tool

1 of 2 verb
  • He tooled a design on the leather belt.
  • We tooled along the highway.
  • Once, some kid took a real thick piece of leather and tooled it.
    Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
  • Bad guys don’t tool around on tractors and play farmer.
    Annie Jacobsen, Wired, 20 Jan. 2021
  • To get there, hop the 20-minute Miller Ferry from Catawba and rent a golf cart to tool around the 4.5-mile-long isle.
    Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2021
  • There’s little known about who is behind the Ghostwriter977 account, or which tools the creator used to make the track.
    Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023
  • What struck you most about Max while tooling around it today?
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 26 May 2023
  • This compact penny board is a great way to learn (or even re-learn) how to tool around on a skateboard.
    Sara Hendricks, USA TODAY, 25 June 2020
  • Smaller, wheeled units can roll from tool to tool, but may lack the power to handle your workload.
    Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The title will be won in the first week in November and the team will be tooling down Figueroa shortly thereafter.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • For the first time in years, Orange Lutheran is going to need to re-tool its batting lineup.
    Eric Sondheimer columnist follow, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • How far into things was the decision made to re-tool them with a songwriter?
    Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Completely driverless trucks could be tooling along Texas highways by the end of 2024.
    Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • From cool leather jackets to tooled jeans to face-obscuring masks—follow along as Young Chul Kim captures all the action.
    Young Chul Kim, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The cost to manufacture this gun would push the price above $1500 and would not be well received by our customers and thus the volume would not cover the cost to tool up to make the rifle.
    Bryce M. Towsley, Outdoor Life, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Though the extra weight of the powertrain's electric bits is a hindrance to the SUV's dynamics, these Cayennes are still very enjoyable machines to tool about in.
    Car and Driver, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Stars general manager Jim Nill still has plenty to do this summer in order to re-tool his team that lost in seven games to Calgary in the first round of the playoffs.
    Dallas News, 9 July 2022
  • The clay surfaces are finely tooled by hand, the glazes are multitoned and complicated, and the final result has a depth that’s even nicer in person than in photographs.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The vision of Ziggy, a mobile EV charger designed to tool around parking lots like a plug-wielding valet, raises an important question: Do robots take tips?
    IEEE Spectrum, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Production will reportedly take a hiatus to re-tool the shooting schedule, with a tentative return date set for early 2022.
    Essence, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Visitors to the site can tool virtually along Sunset in either direction, east or west, and see how restaurants, karate schools and tuxedo-rental centers flourished and vanished.
    Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The article was shared on Facebook over 100 times, according to social media insights tool CrowdTangle.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
  • While some may enjoy tooling around in their townhome’s backyard, a penthouse terrace requires the attention of professionals.
    Curbed, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Each of the many phishing centers answers to Derek Danforth (Josh Hutcherson), a douchey 28-year-old rich-kid cokehead who tools around his office on a skateboard in extraordinarily ugly outfits (that puke-green suit!) and bad highlights.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Roughly $3 billion is earmarked for developing the cars and tooling the Martorell plant, while an additional $7 billion will go towards building a new site outside of Valencia that will supply the battery cells.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Our developer tooling work is underway and seeing good results.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Major policy changes on the internet sector aren’t expected as the crackdown is seen as having mostly run its course after a year in which fintech, gaming and e-commerce companies scrambled to re-tool their businesses.
    Rebecca Choong Wilkins, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The article generated over 6,000 shares on Facebook, according to the social media insights tool CrowdTangle.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Following opening remarks, participating cars will tool around Sharon on a predetermined route.
    BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2020
  • The article generated over 300 shares on Facebook, according to social media insights tool CrowdTangle.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
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tool

2 of 2 noun
  • The research team used two tools to find the gaps in our knowledge.
    WIRED, 8 Aug. 2023
  • This nifty tool, however, makes adorable rice balls that can do all of the above.
    Hetal Vasavada, Bon Appétit, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The tool took two years to bring to fruition and involved the input of close to 5,000 adolescents from around the world.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Now a tool the CIA says is critical to that fight is at risk in Congress this fall.
    oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2023
  • There’s also a spot in the magazine for the sight adjustment tool.
    T. Logan Metesh, Field & Stream, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But usage of these tools is a drop in the bucket compared to ChatGPT.
    Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The two-in-one tool can be used on just about any kind of hair, creating salon-worthy blowouts at home.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Reports of the growing use of hacking tools have fueled calls to restrict their use.
    Dustin Volz, WSJ, 18 July 2023
  • The initiative is among the many tools the city uses to reduce violent crime.
    Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 16 May 2023
  • The tools were trained on millions of pieces of Times content, the suit said, and draw on that material to serve up answers to users’ prompts.
    Alexandra Bruell, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
  • This five-in-one curling wand set is a perfect gift for the gal known for her amazing head of hair who can't decide what hot tools to pack.
    Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2023
  • To pilot these new tools, Nalaquq is training locals, most of them young people.
    Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • In response, Gainer hit his sister in the arm with his hand, grabbed a gardening tool out of the yard and used the end to break glass on the front door, Lacy detailed.
    Cindy Von Quednow, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Meanwhile in Texas, Ms. Feldman, a writer, turns to a familiar tool to cope.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Nov. 2023
  • But companies do not have to sell parts or tools if they're no longer made or the devices are no longer actively sold.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 25 May 2023
  • There are a bunch of diagnostic tools available within the app.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2023
  • To read, write, and engage in the arts is an exercise in compassion, an invaluable tool in a world gone wrong.
    Jim Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Musk's first instinct was to use James as a tool to spread misinformation.
    Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • An iron has long been the tool of choice to keep garments looking smooth and fresh, but many would rather deal with wrinkles than lug out the ironing board for a single pair of pants.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2023
  • And long flights can be especially difficult without the right tools to keep you sane.
    Mike Richard, Men's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The high-tech hair tool brand's Winter Sale is going on now through January 9, and there are so many discounts to enjoy.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The chatbot uses Microsoft’s Azure AI services, per a disclaimer on the tool.
    Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Because of that, some doctors may calculate your risk from both tools to ensure a more well-rounded sense of your risk.
    Korin Miller, Health, 14 Mar. 2024
  • This tool helps to assess the functionality and health of retina cells.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Gaetz has for months threatened to use the procedural tool — called a motion to vacate — to try to strip McCarthy of his office.
    Farnoush Amiri, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Smaller artifacts such as coins, jewelry, cooking tools, bowls, knives and a padlock were found in the drain pipes and moat.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
  • So, the tools that physicists like me use to capture their motion have to be really fast – attosecond-scale fast.
    Niranjan Shivaram, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2023
  • An ordinary to-do list will quickly grow too crowded to serve as a useful planning tool.
    Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Scientists are using a range of tools to protect species in creative and unique ways and to anticipate future changes.
    Grace Manthey, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024
  • These include a microscope and microscope slides, various tools, and electro-therapeutic books and equipment.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 18 Apr. 2024

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